Admetus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Admetus (/ædˈmiːtəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄδμητος Admetos, "untamed", "untameable") may refer to:
- Admetus, king of Pherae in Thessaly.[1]
- Admetus, a Trojan warrior and son of Augeias. He was killed by Philoctetes during the night of the siege of Troy.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.4
- ^ Epic Cycle Fragments, The Little Iliad fr.12 as cited in Pausanias, 10.25.5 & 10.27.1
References[]
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Categories:
- Set indices on Greek mythology
- Trojans
- People of the Trojan War
- Characters in Greek mythology